diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a69e625a..b915c320 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def _env(var, default=False):
 _SPDL_USE_NVCODEC = _env("SPDL_USE_NVCODEC")
 _SPDL_USE_NVJPEG = _env("SPDL_USE_NVJPEG")
 _SPDL_USE_CUDA = _env("SPDL_USE_CUDA", _SPDL_USE_NVCODEC or _SPDL_USE_NVJPEG)
-_SPDL_BUILD_STUB = _env("SPDL_BUILD_STUB", not _SPDL_USE_CUDA)
+_SPDL_BUILD_STUB = _env("SPDL_BUILD_STUB")
 
 
 def _get_ext_modules():